Room Correction Help – Analysis and Advice

[Jay123]

Genelec is 'studio monitor', and many have said that they MAY sound too 'clinical' and therefore boring. Good imaging has been my goal, and now turned boring. No no no no, I just need a new DAC, which is loud to color the sound a bit.

external tube-based AD1865 DAC with the WiiM Pro

That might be a good fit for me too. I'll have to look into it. (It can be ordered pre-built and the price is right).

You might see it as „boring“,

The Pro dac and the clinical Genelec speakers sounded boring together. Not just the Pro. The Pro is bad at other things .. sorry ,

I've now connected my old AUNE Dac/pre amp/headphone amp/compo to the Pro. I'm sure the passive volume controller colors the sound a bit too. That volume controller has two inputs and two outputs. I can connect two DACs to it, and do ABX listening sessions. Pressing a button: source A, source B. and analyzing. Senheisser 650. Well, Pro doesn't have phones out.

Yes, it's crazy what Pro can do.

 

[MCG555]

Genelec is 'studio monitor', and many have said that they MAY sound too 'clinical' and therefore boring. Good imaging has been my goal, and now turned boring. No no no no, I just need a new DAC, which is loud to color the sound a bit.


That might be a good fit for me too. I'll have to look into it. (It can be ordered pre-built and the price is right).


The Pro dac and the clinical Genelec speakers sounded boring together. Not just the Pro. The Pro is bad at other things .. sorry ,

I've now connected my old AUNE Dac/pre amp/headphone amp/compo to the Pro. I'm sure the passive volume controller colors the sound a bit too. That volume controller has two inputs and two outputs. I can connect two DACs to it, and do ABX listening sessions. Pressing a button: source A, source B. and analyzing. Senheisser 650. Well, Pro doesn't have phones out.

Yes, it's crazy what Pro can do.

I am sorry, I thought you were referring to Pro+

 

[dominikz]

That volume controller has two inputs and two outputs. I can connect two DACs to it, and do ABX listening sessions. Pressing a button: source A, source B. and analyzing. Senheisser 650.

Just note that this kind of AB comparisons require tight level-matching (ideally to better than 0.1dB).
Very small level differences have been shown to affect the results - even when subjectively the level appears to be the same.

And also note that this would be a (sighted) AB test, not really an ABX. ABX protocol requires 1) that the test is done unsighted, and 2) that the subject needs to match an unknown 'X' with the known 'A' or 'B'.
A well-prepared ABX test controls for more sources of bias (and error) compared to a sighted AB test.

Of course there's nothing wrong with doing sighted AB tests, but it is good to be aware of their limitations compared to formal ABX.